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Patented Mar. 17, 1 953 'METALIZING APPARATUS John Adolph, Sargrove, Middlesex, England, assignor of one-half to Sargrove Electronics Limited, Middlesex, England, a British company Application February 25, 1948, Serial No. 10,702 a r In Great Britain February 19, 1947 Section 1, Public Law 690, August s, 1946 Patent expires February 19, 1967 1 This invention relates to metallising and apparatus for the coating of articles by means of a projected stream of molten particles. The invention has for its main object the provision of means by which a metallising process may-be carried out under automatic control andwith a minimum of human supervision.

V In my co-pending U. S. \patent application Ser. No. 549,770, filed August 16, 1944, now Patent No. 2,474,988 there is described a method of manufacturing radio receivers and other light current electrical apparatus by moulding panels or plates of insulating material, and coating the plates with a layer of a conductor so as to fill depressions formed in the plates, thereby to form components and the conductors leading thereto.

' In the production of apparatus by this process it is important that the plates should be evenly coated and the present invention has for its main object the provision of an improved arrangement for securing such an even coating.

According to a feature of the present invention, the article to be treated is moved continuously and substantially uniformly past a coating station and the device for producing the spray of molten metal is oscillated in a direction across the line of travel of the article.

When a substantial coating of material is to be applied to the. surface of a plate it is found that the continued subjection of the plate to the metallising spray causes an asymmetrical heating of the plate. Further, this in itself would not be a serious difiiculty, but as the deposited metal cools and contracts it induces warping of the plate. If as is the case with the process described in my above noted co-pending application, the plate is subsequently to be faced by a surface-millingmachine, this warping is a grave disadvantage and its avoidance is most desirable. According to another feature of the present invention, therefore, where both sides of a plate are to be coated the moving spray-producing devices varearranged on opposite sides of the artiproducing devices it is convenient to balance the moving weights of one against the other, or of a pair in one metallising station against a pair in another station further along the conveyor.

In the accompanying drawings is shown by way of example one embodiment of the present invention. In these drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of the 2 Claims. (01. 118-316) complete machine showing two spraying positions and the apparatus which is employed for driving and feeding the spray guns;

Figure 2 is an elevation of the lowerpart of the cubicle the upper portion of which is shown in Figure 1;

Figures 3 and 4 are diagrams indicating the paths of the wires to the two guns;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the two opposed, rocking, spraying assemblies;

Figure 6 is an elevation of one of the spray-v ing assemblies of Figure 5;

V Figure 7 is a side view of one of the spraying nozzles;

Figure 8 is a section through the nozzleof Figure 7 showing more particularly the pressure.- operated wire feed device;

' Figure 9 is an end view of the nozzle of Figure '7 with the spring pressure plate removed to show the wire feed rollers;

Figure 10 is a front view of the nozzle of Figure 7 looking from the right hand side of Figure 7';

. Figures 11 and 12 are respectively a fragmen- .tary elevation and plan of a chain conveyor protector; 5'

Figure 13 is a section on the line l3-I3 of Figure 12; V Figure 14 is an end view of the conveyor of Figure 12; Figure 15 is an elevation of an alternative form of chain conveyor protector; A c

Figure 16 is a section on the line l6l6'of Figure 15; a Figure 17 is a front elevational view of the driving means for actuating the chain cleaner of Figures 11 and 12, and for the wire capstan pulley; Figure 18 is aside elevational view of the parts of Figure 17;

Figure 19 is a plan view of the arrangement of Figures 17 and 18;

Figure 20 is a .plan view of the wire feed. and guide pulleys;

Figure 21 is a front elevational view of arrangement of Figure 20;

' Figure 22 is a front elevational view of the inner spraying cubicle; and Figure 23 is a side view of the arrangement of Figure 22.

The apparatus which is shown in these drawings forms part of a complete fully automatic apparatus for the production of electrical apparatus made'in accordance with the process described in my above noted copending applicathe tion, and in this complete machine moulded panels of insulating material are successively shotblasted to remove surface polish, sprayed with molten metal, face-milled to remove surplus metal, sprayed with electrical resistance deposit through'stencils,-aged'and lacquered. The resulting panels "are electrical units, the'n'ature'of which is determined by the original configurations of the panel and the fashion of the resistance deposit, which are complete butfor-the insertion of units such as valves, large condensers or loudspeakers. The completeniachine is fully automatic in that the successive-stages are initiated and operated by thepres'e'ntation of a panel to be treated, and will be stopped if the processing is defective, or if the supply-of panels ceases. In the event of. adefect arisin in one stage succeeding stages willb'ef'permitted to continue operation, but preceding s'tageswill be stopped.

The apparatus which is the subject of the present mventionconstitutes the metal-spraying stage of the complete machine. a

In my co-pending U. S App1loati0n-:Ser. No. '8042,"filed February 13, 1948, now-Patent-No. 2,670,600 there is described insome detail the electrical circuit means by which a metallising stage "according to-the present invention can be automatically controlled. That specification also 1 refers to cer'tainconsiderations which apply not only to theidesign of the electrical circuit 'of the apparatusbut also to 'the mechanical arrangement with which-thepres'ent invention is more particularly concerned; attention is accordingly directed to that specificationfor a moredetailed description of the se'quence of operation of'the apparatus.

Briefly, however, the sequence 'of o eration "of the'apparatus is'th'at-when a panel arrives from ia preceding stage-of the machine-an'exhaust man is started to exhaust air from an inner spraying cubicle; a rea'dily'ignitiblegas such as towngas is suppliedto' a pilot burner and is isnite'd by means 'ofa-sparklng plug; insequence, "fuel "gas, oxygen and compressed *air are supplied tothe spraying nozzle; the wire is' fed to thenozzleandthe nozzle is oscillated by 'a linear movement, air operated device. Theapparatusis stopped: if a solid wire is fed,-unmelted, from the nozzle or if the wire feedfalls benew a predetermined rate. "The -apparatus will stop in-any caseif further "panels are'nOt'Lpre- 'sented to itwithin "a' predetermined period.

{The complete -machine is constructed "asa "series of cubicles throuehwhich extends, a'conveyorline for the panels 'tobe processed, the conveyor having separate sections "of 'difiererit character and separately controllable.

'The metallising stage occupies'three such-cucicles, which are indicated at 10, H an'dl2 in Fig. 1. The central cubicle H is the one in *which the main control and driving mechanism is housed whilst the spraying proper takeslplace --in cu-bicles I6- and I2 Each cubicle consists of a rectangular frame 13* of angle section -steel, -covered whereverpossible by metal panels l4. Within each cubicle a readily adaptable and adjustable mounting means is adopted for the individual parts of the apparatus, comprising 'channel members such as -15 which are-suitably s'upported by'the main cubicle framework, these "channel members are drilled'with'a series of ehOlBSdlO- receive vertical supporting: rods-such -as J6, and these vertical rods turn support'f-ur- -t'her Frods gl'l. Connection between rods: l6 and -11 andiotherspartsis effected byclamping discs 18 having grooves in the surface of the discs to engage the rods, and having a central hole to receive a bolt.

Extending centrally through the cubicles is a conveyor line consisting'ofuipper 'and low er con- 5 veyor chains I 9 "and 26;--a"frag'ment of' whic-h is shown in Figure 15. The chains run between "guides, and are adapted to support between them ,;-panels to be processed, as indicated at 2| in Figures "21 and 22. The conveyor is driven by 1-0 an'el'ectric -moton notshown.

Mounted one-on 'each side of this conveyor are *twometallising gun assemblies indicated generally at 22 and 2 3-in:Figure 5. These assemblies "are similar and are each arranged to rock about a central supporting shaft 24, and each includes "abase'platez'fi from which extend outwardly in both directions a number of rods and tubes 26; these rods and tubes support spraying nozzles 21 and 28. Those of the members 26 which are tubes-are-also used to convey to the nozzles the gases necessary for 5 the production of the name to ''melt the metalto" be sprayed and .forproducing "the requisite velocity of 'projection' -"o'f the molten particles. The gases arefe'dlto tubes 2-6 through flexible connections 29near the inner ends of the tubes; the supplies to theVa-rious nozzles are individually controllable.

Theconstruction of 'oneof the nozzles-is shown in Figures 7 to l0,..and comprises spate-13mm which the ends of the tubes or. rdds'26 aret-s'ecured, and whichalso carries-thenozzle'proper 3| to which the gases -:are Ife'd. The nozzle proper 3lis backed by a box-like casingl32 which contains a feeding means fora wire "33 f the metal which is to-be'sprayed; and which is closed by a hinged cover 34 loaded bysprings-35 to 'the closed position.

Journalled in the casing-32 isa wire feedroller 36, whichis continuously driven, and over the periphery of which the wire -33 is passed; the pressure necessary to hold thewire-against the roller 36 isv appliedzbymeans of a backing roller -3'!. For reasons referred to hereinafter, however, it isi most desirable that the backing roller should. not 'be applied to the drive roller :36 to effect wire feed until airipressure is applied-to the nozzle, and the backing 'roller is therefore arranged to'be under control of the-"air pressure applied to thenozzle. Withthis object thelroller "311s carried in a'yo'kei38-i-mounted upon an-axially movable 'but:nonerotatablezshaft:39imountedin a K box 46 containing I a diaphragm 4 I ,:..one :side of which is connected ito the air :supply for the nozzle through an openingand suitablexcona 'nection 42. Thus' when air is applied tot theinozzlethe'roller 31 is adva'nced to press thewire "against the rotating roller 36, and the :wire is accordingly fed. -In practice, there isconsiderable pressure applied 1 to the diaphragm, which is greater than the pressure required on the "wire, and it therefore" is preferred to -arrange for the movement of the shaft ;'39 to be. limited by a' stop *when advanced .under air pressure; the pressure on the wire is then determined only by springs 35 and can be easily "adjusted with- =-out referenceto the air: pressure on the :dia- ,phragm.

The rotation'of the feed. roller -36 is effected by an electric motor 43 which is mounted upon and moves with the-base plate 25. This motor hasa speed controlgovernor 44, and through -a reductiondrive- 45 drives the shafts 46, um-

versal joints being included at4'l. -At their outer edges, each .shaft 46 carries a bevel wheel- 48 engaging a similar wheel '49 which i mounted upon the shaft '50 of the drive roller 36. A guide pulley is provided to feed the wire 33 into the pinch of the rollers 36 and 31', anda cover 52 is provided for the bevel wheels 48 and 49; in Figures 7 to this cover 52 is removed;

As is pointed out in my aforesaid application No. 8042, it is desirable that the spraying assemblies should be oscillated so that the movement of the nozzles is substantially linear'with time, i. e. at a uniform rate; a-movement', such as aneccentric drive, which results in a simple harmonic motion of the nozzles results in an uneven coating of the panels. Figure 6 shows a suitable form of driving means comprisinga' double acting air cylinder to ends of which compressed air can be admitted through connections 54, 55 to cause substantially linear movement of the connecting rod 56. The connecting rod is pivotally coupled to a suitable point on :the spraying assembly at 56. A cylinder such as.l53 is provided for each assembly. As described in application No. 8042 the admission of air to one or other of the connections 54 or 55 is effected by means of electromagnetically operated valves under the control of electric limit switches (not shown) operated by the spraying assembly in its travel.

The wire which is to be melted is stored upon drums 56, 5'1, one for each of the two spraying nozzles, which are mounted on a vertical supporting shaft58 in the lower part of the cubicle II; If, as is usually the case the drums 56 .or 51 are of metal, the drums are insulated from the body of the cubicle by insulating sleeves and/or washers as at 59. The wire as it is drawn from. each drum passes over one of two guide pulleys 60; these pulleys are mounted upon arms 6| pivoted in an insulating manner on the main frame'at 62. Each arm 6| at its inner end is provided with a roller 63which is adapted to engage the surface of .the wire upon the corresponding drum and is there held by a spring 64. In" this way each pulley 66 is arranged to lie in'a plane tangential to the surface of the wire upon the drum, so that the tendency of the wire to jump from the pulley glOOVB-ls substantially eliminated. Rollers 63 also act as damping pads to reduce over-run of the drums when the spraying process is stopped.

From the pulleys 60 the wires pass each over one of two pulleys 65 carried upon a shaft 66 mounted on the frame of the cubicle and thence over one of two pulleys 61 .upon a shaft 68, also carried on the cubicle frame, and over one of two pulleys 69 mounted on a shaft 10. The directions of the two wires differ slightly as is shown in Figures 3 and 4. Of these various pulleys pulleys. 65 and 69 are free upon their respective shafts; pulleys 61 are fast upon the shaft 10 which, as described hereinafter, is driven from an electric motor.

Pulleys 61 are in the nature of capstan or servo pulleys, and while taking the major part of the load in drawing the wire from the drums 56 or 51, are subject to the control of the wire feed by the roller 31. The wires 33 from. the two drums are passed a complete turn round the respective pulley 6-1, but so long as there is no tension upon the wire from the direction of the pulley 69, the wire merely slips on the periphery of the pulley 61. As soon as compressed air is applied to the diaphragm 4| however, and the resulting movement of roller 31 causes the wire to be fed, tension is applied to the wire as it winds off the driven pulley 61. In the manner of a conventional capstan, the pulley 61 then grips the wire and assists in drawing the.

wire from the drum.

For the purposes of control as set out in copending application No. 8042, the wires which are fed to the nozzles are required to be insulated from the frame of the apparatus. The various pulleys 65, 61 and 69 are therefore all arranged with insulating sleeves inserted between the pulleys andtheir shafts, or equivalent means are adopted to prevent the wires being connected to the frame in their passage from the drums to the nozzles.

For the successful operation of the machine the speed of consumption of wire must be monitored, and a convenient method of doing this is to arrange for one of the feed pulleys such as 65 or fiaperiodically to actuate a pair of contacts, and to provide an electrical circuit which responds to the periodic closing of the contacts. It may be observed that such contacts cannot be associated with the pulleys 6?, since these pulleys arecontinuously driven, and their speed is not an indication of the speed of movement of the wire.

Suitable contacts for this purpose are shown in Figures 20 and 21 associated with pulleys 69. On the inner faces of these two pulleys are secured a series of pins or pegs projecting inwardly towards a central stationary plate 12; this plate carries two channel section levers 13, pivoted at approximately their mid points to the plate 12. The plate 12 also supports two switches 14, socalled micro-switches, and as the pulleys 69 rotate the pins H rock the levers 13; and thereby cause periodic operation of the switches 14. The levers are loaded by suitable helical restoring springs 15 extending between the lower ends of the levers and anchor joints [6 on the plate 12. The micro-switches 14 are so arranged with respect to the levers 13 as to be operated only by the overthrow of the levers when released from the pins 1|; in this way the switches are not actuated by the levers when the pulleys are at rest, whatever may be the position of the pulleys.

The fuel and other gases to the nozzles are fed under the control of a series of electromagnetically operated and other valves indicated in Figure 1. The gas supplies to the-guns are coupled to inlets H, with a separate hand-operated cook 18 for each gas to each nozzle; the cocks 18 are carried upon a plate 19 secured to the main framework of the cubicle II. Cocks 18 are used to control the gas supplies only during setting-up or maintenance operations. The inlets 11 are all connected through suitable connections to a main cock at the top of cubicle H; the operating spindle of this cock extends to the outer face of the cubicle and is adapted to receive an operating lever by which all gas supplies to the nozzles can be readily cut off by hand.

From the cook 80 the gas supplies are fed to the electromagnetically operated valves 82, one for each gas to each nozzle, though the supplies to the opposed nozzles at the same station can be controlled by common means if desired. By the electrical control means described in the copending application No. 8042, such valves are operated in correct sequence for ignition and maintenance of the metallising flames. The flames are started by means of a pilot jet 83, one for each nozzle, to which town gas or the like is supplied at an appropriate moment, and a sparking plug 84. In this way a pilot flame is produced from 7 which the main fiamesareignited; when-this has been done the pilot iiame is extinguished.

When the metallising processhas been correct- 1-y started the panels are simultaneously sprayed from both sides,as is shown'in Figure 5. This has the advantage that the panels are subjected to approximatelyequal heating and are therefore less likely to warp than if'each side were separately sprayed. It is not advisable however to deposit in one operation all the metal upon the panel, and it is for this reason that successivenietallising stations are employed. In practice it is found most satisfactory to deposit the metal in four stages; three complete units, providing six spraying stations have been very satisfactory, with means for automatically operating two' of three units, and for switching to the third unit automatically if either of the two stages should fail to operate correctly. 1

When the stages are operating correctly it is possible to reduce the ambient temperature-in the immediate vicinity of the panels by forced air draught. In additioneven when correctly operating there is appreciable spill of the metal spray from the nozzles which tends to accumulate upon the machine. According to one feature of the invention a single means is provided for producing this forced draught and for preventing excessive metal deposit upon the apparatus.

This means comprises for each spraying station an inner cubicle 85, shown in Figures 5-, 22 and 23 (the cubicle isomitted in Figure 1) which at its'upper'end'is attached to a hood 85 by which connection is made to a high capacity exhaust system. The cubicles 85 surround the conveyor system I9 and 253, and the panels are admitted to'the cubicles through narrow slots 86a in the ends thereof. The sprayed metal from the nozzles isprojected through slots 8'! in the sides of the cubicles. In this way there is a considerable flow of cooling air over the panels and in addition the air carries away with it a large proportion of the metal spray which is not directed on to the panels. This metal is recovered by a suitable separator in the air system.

Despite these precautions some-meta1 is still deposited in positions where it is not wanted: some tends to'deposit upon the conveyor and some upon the edges of the slot 8? in the inner cubicle side wall. Means are therefore provided to protect the conveyor; such means are shown in Figures 11, '12, 13 and 14, and an alternative form in Figures 15 and 16. It is to be observed that a simple flat shield is not suitable for protecting the conveyor as the metal would continue to deposit upon it; eventually the deposit would interfere with the spray and prevent it reaching the panel.

The arrangement shown in Figures 11 to 14 comprises two highly polished metal rollers 88 mounted for rotation in stationary bearing members 89 so as to lie closely against and parallel to the line of the lower conveyor chain 26. Also carried on members 89, and bearing against the surface of the rollers 88 are two scraper blades 98, secured by screws 9 l. The two scraper rollers are showed rotated against the blades 83 by flexible drives E32. The metal deposit does not adhere easily to the polished rollers and by suitable adjustment of blades 89, the deposit can be continuously stripped from the rollers.

The conveyor protector shown in Figure 16 is a. static device which has been found to work fairly satisfactorily. With this arrangement there are used protecting plates 93 shaped as shown in Figure 16 to present to the spray sharply sprays impinge upon the plates in conditions" which are most unfavorable for the deposit of metal. Further, any deposit tends to be blown away from the surfaces, so that there is a selfcleaning action. I

There is also likelihood of a small metallic deposit occurring on the edges of the slots 81 in the side walls of cubicles 85, and such walls therefore include metal facings attached by screws or bolts 94. These facings can then be'readily replaced when desired. In passing it may be mentioned thatin the event of the wire 33 being discharged unmelted fromthe nozzle it is with the cubicle- 85 that the wire will usually contact. The cubicle is therefore electrically connected to the frame of the apparatus.

The drive to'the chain protector rollers 88 and:

to the capstan pulley 61 is effected from'asingle electric motor, the driving arrangements being shown in Figures 17, 18 and 19. This motor is indicated at 95, and is mounted-on the rear side of a plate of which the front side is visible in Figure 1.

projecting from both sides of the housing; at its one end this shaft is coupled-to second gear box housing 99, which drives four flexible drive shafts Iill! extending to the. two upper and two lower flexible drives 92 at one of the metallising sta tions. The upper end of shaft 98 carries a sprocket IfiI coupled bya drive chain I02 to a. sprocket I03 on a shaft I04; shaft I04 is in turn coupled through a gear in housing I05 to a series of flexible shafts I06 which connect to the flexible drives 92 of another metallising station.

Shaft 98 also carries a second sprocket I01 which through chain I68 and sprocket I09 drives a vertical shaft H9; shaft III] is coupled through a bevel gearing in housing III to the shaft 68* by which the capstan pulleys 6"! are driven to provide the necessary wire feed.

With the apparatus described it has been found possible to obtain evenly coated metallised panels of ood uniformityand'adherence. The uniformity of the deposit is attributable to the fact that the verticalltraverse of the spraying nozzles is effected linearly whilst the panel is moved uniformly past the nozzles. Uniformity is also due in part to the fact that as shown in Figure .5 the spraying nozzles at successive stations on the same side of the panels are directed at -slight,"opposite angles to the normal. In'this-waythere is provided a satisfactory metal deposit upon the walls of the holes and recesses in the'panels, and this also assists to some degree adherence-0f the deposit to the panel, though this is largely'determined by the initial roughening process.

The nozzles which are opposite each other at the same spraying station are also arranged-at a slight angle to each other; this prevents the sprays blanketing-each other when they are operated, during maintenance or test periods, without a panel in position.

I claim:

l. A metallizing apparatus for the metallization of articles comprising a pair of spaced cubicles, a conveyor extending through openings in said cubicles rovided in opposite walls of each cubicle and adapted to convey articles to be metallized through said cubicles in succession, a metallizing spray device disposed exteriorly of'each cubicle to one side of'said conveyor, saidspray devices The motor is coupled to a reduction gear housing 91 which drives a slow speed shaft 98,

being carried at the opposite ends of a common support pivotally mounted intermediate its ends for oscillatory movement back and forth along a path transverse to the direction of movement of said conveyor, the wall of each cubicle adjacent the spray device associated therewith including an elongated slot disposed in the path of travel of the spray device, and means producing a flow of air through each cubicle.

2. A metallizing apparatus as defined in claim 1 and which further includes a second support pivotally mounted intermediate its ends for oscillatory movement back and forth along a path transverse to the direction of movement of said conveyor and a metallizing spray device at each end of said support, said second support and the spray devices carried thereby being disposed on the opposite side of said conveyor and adapted to spray through elongated slots provided in the wall of each cubicle adjacent the spray device whereby both sides of each article may be metallized simultaneously.

JOHN ADOLPH SARGROVE.

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